proper nouns - A proper noun is the name of something unique.
- A proper noun could be the name of a person or a place, for example:
- James, Samera, Leeds, Bradford, Park Lane College, England, Gregg’s, Cineworld and Burger King.
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- Draw a table like the one on the right.
- Look at the following nouns and write them under the correct heading.
- The Corn Exchange
- shops
- pool
- Lightwaves
- Tracy
- college
- biscuit
- Park Lane
- Jaffa Cakes
- girl
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- The Corn Exchange
- shops
- pool
- Lightwaves
- Tracy
- college
- biscuit
- Park Lane
- Jaffa Cakes
- girl
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- Collective nouns are used to show a collection of people or things
- regarded as a unit. Common collective nouns are:
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using collective nouns - When we use collective nouns we have to think about whether we are talking
- about them as singular (one group as a whole e.g. the team is playing well…)
- or plural (a group of people in a team = the team have been playing well).
- For example:
- The police are having trouble catching a gang of thieves
- (‘are’ shows we are talking about more than one unit)
- Her family is falling apart.
- (We are talking about one family, this is singular and so we use ‘is’).
- Activity: take the collective nouns ‘family’, ‘class’ and ‘company’ and write
- sentences showing their meaning. Take care and discuss your sentences with
- your tutor to get advice on your grammar if you are unsure about whether you
- are using them as singular or plural nouns.
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verbs - Click here to return to the main page ‘parts of speech’
- Some verbs are action words:
- Some verbs show feelings or states and are there to act as links to add description to a noun.
- Explain
- Instruct
- Speak
- Cook
- Run
- is (he is boring)
- am (I am boring)
- been (he has always been boring)
- was (he was always told he was boring)
- have (I have always been boring)
- feel (I feel I have been boring today)
imperative verbs - Silence! Shut the door! Sit down!
- Stir the rice. Light the fire.
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- Imperative verbs can be orders or commands.
- These are words that tell you what to do.
- Imperative verbs are often used in instructional writing such as:
- Recipes
- Manuals
- Washing labels
- Medicine packets
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imperative verbs - activity - Write down all of the imperative verbs that you can
- see in this recipe.
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- Method:
- Fill a pan with cold water
- Bring the water to the boil
- Stir-fry the onion and garlic in a little oil
- Place the pasta into the pan of boiling water – reduce the heat and allow to simmer for ten minutes
- Add the stir-fry vegetables to the wok and fry on a high heat for two minutes
- Remove the pasta from the heat, drain and empty onto the plates
- Add the stir-fried vegetables and serve.
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